Gregory House

name: gregory house

nicknames: none. he outright rejects them.

age: 42

date of birth: 06/11/1983

credentials: two doctorates

field of study: physics professor

gender:: male, cisgender

pronouns: he/him

sexuality: bisexual - repressed about it.

ethnicity: dutch-american, jewish roots

nationality: american ៸ appearence: gregory house looks very much an older man. he grows stubble, has greying not-quite salt and pepper (admittedly, it's mostly salt) black hair, striking blue eyes, and wrinkles he really doesn't bother to try and hide. he's rugged, but handsome, and wears his signs of age not proudly, but not with shame. he just truly does not give a fuck as to his appearence.

hair: thinning slightly, salt-and-pepper with high sodium content.

eyes: blue and unnerving. he often stares into space, and it looks like he's about to burn a hole through whatever object or person he's staring at.

build: a fit man's build with signs of age. visible gut, softer arms and legs, but not considered fat. he's tall and looks fairly strong, though.

height:: six-foot-two.

scars: a large, ugly puckered scar on his right thigh from a surgery years ago.

body mods: none, though he wouldn't hate a tattoo.

clothing: he doesn't care much. mostly wears tee-shirts, jeans, etcetera to work. he sometimes wears a blazer, but that is the extent of his fashion. wears comfortable shoes. has a cane. he changes it out sometimes, but usually sticks with either a plain black one or one with painted flames licking up from the base.

personality: house is a cynical, bitter man. haunted by his youth and his own failings as a person, he takes it out on others. he's often described as a misanthropic genius (and literally is quantified as such- a genius). he's hyperintelligent and obsessed in his field, and without puzzles he wilts. he gets restless.

likes: vicodin. he's addicted to the drug- it makes the agonizing pain he's in lessen somewhat. his field- absolutely obsessed with physics. that's his JAM. he's dedicated his entire life to it. soap operas- as cheesy as it sounds, house watches them religiously. being correct. it's perhaps his favorite thing in the world.

dislikes: people, as a broad category. he's misanthropic and cynical- it's only natural that he hates people. he hates being corrected, also- because, again, expert in his field. hell's he supposed to be corrected about? but most of all, he hates being bored. he can't stand it, when he's bored his heart feels like it's crawling out of his chest and into his throat only to rip itself out through his jugluar and- and- jesus, he hates being bored. has since he was a toddler. he still feels like a toddler sometimes. he also dislikes the pain that he's constantly in, and people who constantly try and curb his addiction.

hobbies: playing piano. it's one of his favorite things, and he's awfully good at it. he loved golfing before the injury, but sort of resents it now due to his inability to play.

strengths: gregory house is a genius. objectively so. his iq is quantifiable as such, and everyone in his field says it. he studies hard, even after obtaining his doctorate. he's a teacher because he finds people interesting- not because he likes to teach. he's good at reading people. knows that everyone lies.

weakness: he does not form strong relationships easily, and when he does, he breaks them. he is the worst at being anything with people, often pushing those who care about him to their limit until they stop coming back to him. he's abrasive, sarcastic, and doesn't care about other people or how he is viewed. part of this is a facade, but a facade he keeps up with extreme prowess. he also thinks - often correctly - that he is the smartest man in a room at any given time, and he talks down to others in his field.

backstory:

gregory house was raised in a home with a military father and a mother who did nothing to stop it. as a child, his father physically and emotionally abused him- forcing him to take ice baths, starving him, making him sleep outside in the dead of winter, etcetera. they moved around a lot, and he in turn learned roughly nine languages- but is mostly proficient in mandarin, english, and spanish. he also speaks yiddish, hindi, japanese, and french.

when he was in his mid-thirties, he experienced an infarction in his right leg. (grey doesn't want to get into the nitty gritty right now so uhh dont sue me if its short). the most painless option would have been to amputate, but because of the stigma around amputees at that time- and also just emotional attachment- he chose to have large amounts of muscle removed from the leg.

⃓how does this effect them?: his leg injury has left him with permenant chronic pain, and he is unable to walk because of it. he uses a cane, and is addicted to pain relief- vicodin. he avoids mention of his parents. it's rumored that his upbringing and injury/constant pain is WHY he is the way he is.

relationships: his mother - he doesn't hate her. he respects her, mostly. but he doesn't love her.

his father - he dislikes the man. he has a complex relationship with him due to the abuse he suffered in his childhood, but sees himself reflected in him.

occupation: a world renowned doctor.

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